Another shot of a Sword Billed Hummingbird found at Zuro Loma Reserve in Ecuador.  Our local Guide, Dario, took us to this property which is actually owned by his family. The property used to be used for cattle grazing but the family is working hard to plant more plants and attract more wildlife and birds. Even you can go visit this property and support their efforts. I would recommend it!

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I would imagine that the Ecuadorian Rabbit doesn’t get a lot of attention from photographers. But it took me about two days of travel and four different airports to get to Ecuador and then it took a few long car rides to eventually run into this Rabbit so I did what I could to get a nice portrait of it.

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This Andean Emerald looks tiny on the giant leaf it’s perched on.

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I took a lot of photographs with this specific plant.  It was the best looking one at the feeders that we were taking photos at.  This pink part of the plant was the flower that was growing out of the middle of a Bromeliad looking plant.

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Another shot of a Peruvian Racket Tail while it is taking off from its perch.

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Everyone loves Hummingbirds and for good reason, but I don’t think many people know how territorial they are and how mean they can be, especially around food sources. At bird feeders, there are often clashes of Hummingbirds as they fight for their food.

As my new best friend, Elias, and I were taking photographs of Hummingbirds at some feeders in Ecuador I mentioned to him that it would be cool to get a shot of the Hummingbirds clashing while in flight. He looked at me like I was crazy. I took that as a challenge and moments later I showed him this photo. He had nothing to say, but his silence was the best outcome.

These are both Peruvian Racket Tail. The one on the right is an adult male and the one on the left is a female. These Hummingbirds feature little booties above their feet. You can see that the female has little booties too but they are just not as defined as the male’s.

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I hope that this photo is impressive because I’m very proud of it. This photograph is titled Long Tailed Sylph but only to keep my titles from being easy to distinguish and not too long. Credit should still be given to the Woodstar as well.

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A female Green Honeycreeper sharing some food with a juvenile.

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While the group I was with in Ecuador was busy photographing birds at some bird feeders, much of my attention was on a couple of Squirrels that were running around. I noticed one of them take this path along a moss covered branch that was on the ground. I positioned myself in a way that I could quickly capture the Squirrel running along that branch in case it chose that path again. Fortunately it did, and fortunately I did. I have a series of photographs while the Squirrel jumped along this branch and this might be the best one.

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